Salt-shaker.



A. MENDELSON.

SALT SHAKER.

APPLICATION TILED NOV. 5, 1913.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

WITNESSES HTORIEYS THE NORRIS PEYKRS CO. PNOTd-UTNQ. WASHINGTON. D. C.

AARON MENDELson, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SALT-SHAKER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentgd Oct, 13, 1914.

Application filed November 5, 1913. Serial No. 799,378.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON MENDELsoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Saltshakers, of which the following is a specification.

This intention is an improvement in salt shakers, and has for an object to provide a construction that will prevent as far as possible the caking or lumping of salt within the cellar; to secure a free discharge of the salt and also to provide for the return of any salt that may accumulate upon the outer face of the discharge plate; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts as will beherein after described and claimed.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical 1011- I gitudinal section of a salt cellar embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a cross sectionalong the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

The body 1 of the shaker maybe constructed of any preferred material and in any preferred form eXteriorly. It is provided interiorly with a chamber 2 which enlarges from the bottom outward The cap or discharge plate 3 has novel features of construction, as will now be described. In all cases, however, it is constructed with a concave depression or recess in. the; outer side and its milled rim projectsbeyond the side of the body 1, as shown in F ig." 1. It is preferably attached to the body by a screw joint, as shown. j a j i The discharge plate 3 is provided onits inner side with a series of integral projections 4:, which are tapered toward their inner ends and provided with bores or passages 5 which are also tapered from the outer to the inner end to provide cutting edges. These projections thus constitute means for breaking up cakes or lumps of" salt or other condiment contained in the body 2 andthe tapered form of the bore or outlet insures a free discharge of the condiment. The concavity. in the cap or discharge plate 3 insures the return to the' chamber 2- of any portion of the salt or other condiment that may lodge thereon through the passages 5.

I claim:

l. i A condiment holder, comprising a chambered body, a cap detachably secured in the body and having a flange projecting -outwardly thereof, said cap having a con cavity in its outer side anddepending into the body, and a series of tapered projections formed integral with the cap and projecting inwardly therefrom, said projections having tapered passages communicating with the concaved face and enlarging outwardly, and also having walls tapering inwardly to provide cutting edges adapted to break up cakes or lumps of the condiment and to discharge the same through the passages, the concai-it'y-serving to prevent the retention of the condiment on the cap by discharging the same through the passages and into the body.

2. A condiment holder, comprising a chambered body, a cap detachably secured in the body and having a flange projecting outwardly thereof, said cap having a concavity in its outer side and depending into the body, and aseries of tapered projections of rectangular cross section formed integral with the cap and projecting inwardly therefrom, said projections having tapered passagescommunicating with the concaved face andenlarging outwardly, and also having walls tapering inwardly to provide cutting edges adapted to break up cakes or lumps ;of the condiment and to discharge the same through the passages, the concavity serving to prevent the detention of the condiment on the cap by discharging the same through the passages and into the body, the exterior walls of the projections branching outward from eachother toward the bottom of the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 1

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